If Apple Leaves, Will We Get the Message?

Pfizer’s corporate U.S. exit (“Unhappy Holidays for Pfizer’s CEO” by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr., Business World, Nov. 28) should be a wake-up call to the American public, but I doubt that it will be. Perhaps when iconic Apple decides to leave we will get the message. After all, Pfizer “only” has $144 billion retained overseas (and earned overseas, for those thinking it is from the U.S.); Apple has $190 billion overseas.

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, testified in May 2013 on his unwillingness to bring back money due to the tax structure...